Invisible Thread The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny

Name: Invisible Thread The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
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ISBN: 9781451648973

ISBN-10: 1451648979

ISBN-13: 9781451648973

Edition: 2012

Authors: Laura Schroff, Alex Tresniowski, Valerie Salembier

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An Invisible Thread tells of the life-long friendship between a busy sales executive and a disadvantaged young boy, and how both of their lives were changed by what began as one small gesture of kindness.When Laura Schroff brushed by a young panhandler on a New York City corner one rainy afternoon, something made her stop and turn back. She took the boy to lunch at the McDonald’s across the street that day. And she continued to go back, again and again for the next four years until both their lives had changed dramatically. Nearly thirty years later, that young boy, Maurice, is married and has his own family. Now he works to change the lives of disadvantaged kids, just like the boy he used…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Howard Books
Publication date: 8/7/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Laura Schroff is a former advertising executive who has helped launch three of the most successful start-ups in Time Inc. history-InStyle, Teen People, and People StyleWatch.nbsp;Schroff has alsonbsp;worked asnbsp;the New York Division Manager at People magazine and Associate Publishernbsp;at Brides. She lives in New York City.



Foreword



Introduction



Spare Change



The First Day



One Good Break



The Birthday Present



The Baseball Glove



Is That It?



A Mothers Song



J Father's Legacy



The Brown Paper Bag



The Big Table



The Missed Appointment



Outside Looking In



Bittersweet Miracle



A Simple Recipe



The New Bicycle



The Winter Coat



The Dark Forest



One Last Test



The Greatest Gift


Epilogue: Love, Maurice


Acknowledgments